Taxon: Trifolium montanum L.

Summary

Genus:

Trifolium

Subgenus:

Trifolium

Section:

Trifoliastrum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

40298

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:770. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

77 (59 active, 52 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Trifolium montanum L. subsp. humboldtianum (A. Braun & Asch.) M. Hossain (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium montanum L. subsp. montanum (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium montanum L. subsp. rupestre (Ten.) Nyman (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Chen, C.-C. & P. B. Gibson. 1971. Karyotypes of fifteen Trifolium species in section Amoria. Crop Sci. (Madison) 11:441-445. Note: 2n=16
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Ellison, N. W. et al. 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of the clover genus (Trifolium - Leguminosae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 39:688-705.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 248.
Olsen, K. M. et al. 2014. Adaptive gains through repeated gene loss: parallel evolution of cyanogenesis polymorphisms in the genus Trifolium (Fabaceae). Philos. Trans., Ser. B 369:20130347.
Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Smythies, B. E. 1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Watson, L. E. et al. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of Old World Trifolium (Fabaceae), based on plastid and nuclear markers. Pl. Syst. Evol. 224:153-171.
Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 227.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	mountain clover			1	Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 248.
Swedish	backklöver			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Kabardino-Balkaria		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Karačaevo-Čerkesskaja Respublika		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Krasnodar		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	North Ossetia		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Stavropol		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan		w.	Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Chelyabinsk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kurganskaja oblast'		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Novosibirsk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Omsk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Sverdlovsk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tomsk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyumen		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Belarus			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Latvia			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Moldova			Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Arkhangelsk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Baškortostan, Respublika		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Belgorod		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Bryansk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Čuvašskaja Respublika		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Ivanovo		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Kaliningrad		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Kalužskaja oblast'		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Karelia		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Kirov		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Komi-Permyak		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Kostroma		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Kursk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Leningradskaja oblast'		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Lipeckaja oblast'		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Marij Èl, Respublika		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Mordovija, Respublika		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Moscow		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Murmansk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Novgorod		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Orel		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Orenburg		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Penza		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Perm		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Pskovskaja oblast'		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Rostov		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Ryazan		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Saratov		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Smolensk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Tambov		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Tatarstan		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Tula		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Udmurtia		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Ulyanovsk		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Vladimir		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Volgogradskaja oblast'		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Vologda		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Voronezh		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Yaroslavl		Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine		incl. Krym	Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Former Yugoslavia			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4	Naturalized			Asia		temperate	Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 227.

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Kabardino-Balkaria, Karačaevo-Čerkesskaja Respublika, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Chelyabinsk, Kurganskaja oblast', Novosibirsk, Omsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Tyumen]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (w.)

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Norway, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Arkhangelsk, Baškortostan, Respublika, Belgorod, Bryansk, Čuvašskaja Respublika, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kalužskaja oblast', Karelia, Kirov, Komi-Permyak, Kostroma, Kursk, Leningradskaja oblast', Lipeckaja oblast', Marij Èl, Respublika, Mordovija, Respublika, Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Orel, Orenburg, Penza, Perm, Pskovskaja oblast', Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tatarstan, Tula, Udmurtia, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgogradskaja oblast', Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France

Naturalized (temperate)

Reference(s)

Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria montana (L.) Soják
Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 227.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40298. Accessed 15 April 2026.